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* [PATCH linux-next v4 0/4] Support timer drivers as loadable modules
@ 2023-04-21  3:46 walter.chang
  2023-04-21  3:46 ` [PATCH linux-next v4 1/4] time/sched_clock: Export sched_clock_register() walter.chang
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From: walter.chang @ 2023-04-21  3:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Daniel Lezcano, Thomas Gleixner, Matthias Brugger,
	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno, Maciej W . Rozycki, John Stultz
  Cc: wsd_upstream, stanley.chu, Chun-hung.Wu, Freddy.Hsin,
	walter.chang, linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel, linux-mediatek

From: Walter Chang <walter.chang@mediatek.com>

This set of patches aims to make SoC related timer drivers, such as 
timer-mediatek.c become loadable modules for the Generic Kernel Image
(GKI).

This driver registers an always-on timer as tick_broadcast_device on 
MediaTek SoCs. If the system does not load this module at startup, 
system will also boot normally by using built-in `bc_hrtimer` instead.
Besides, the previous experiment [1] indicates that the SYST/GPT, in 
combination with a loadable module, is fully operational.

The first three patches export functions and remove __init markings to 
support loadable timer modules.

The fourth patch makes timer-mediatek.c become loadable module for GKI.

[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/all/32777456f8e0f98e4cd5b950f421d21f71b149cf.camel@mediatek.com/#t

[v4]
- Fix review comments pointed by Angelo

[v3]
- Rebase on linux-next

[v2]
- Convert timer-mediatek.c driver to loadable module

Chun-Hung Wu (4):
  time/sched_clock: Export sched_clock_register()
  clocksource/drivers/mmio: Export clocksource_mmio_init()
  clocksource/drivers/timer-of: Remove __init markings
  clocksource/drivers/timer-mediatek: Make timer-mediatek become
    loadable module

 drivers/clocksource/Kconfig          |  2 +-
 drivers/clocksource/mmio.c           |  8 ++++---
 drivers/clocksource/timer-mediatek.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c       | 23 +++++++++----------
 drivers/clocksource/timer-of.h       |  6 ++---
 kernel/time/sched_clock.c            |  4 ++--
 6 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

-- 
2.18.0


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2023-05-15 11:32   ` AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
2023-04-21  3:46 ` [PATCH linux-next v4 2/4] clocksource/drivers/mmio: Export clocksource_mmio_init() walter.chang
2023-04-21  3:46 ` [PATCH linux-next v4 3/4] clocksource/drivers/timer-of: Remove __init markings walter.chang
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